growing up with family that were very into their work and jobs and having friends in the present that they work all the time… makes me feel like in todays society your job or what you do for work to make a living is what your identity is…?
sometimes i feel like just by not having a job people dont like me because i cant or dont work to pay my bills and that it automatically puts me into a place where people think that im worthless or not good for anything. i even had a neighbor tell me that last year, that i wasnt good for anything. and when i mentioned it to some people they were very quick to say that that person was just joking…
i live in a small town surrounded by cornfields so when it comes to dating there is not much to choose from and the women that i think of off the top of my head i feel like they all think im ■■■■■■■■ or something. and recently on social media i posted a short paragraph about how i was single for 8 or 9 years and about my religious preferences and they were quick to quote bible verses at me without actually replying on the part about me being single which was the point of the my post…
What are some of the signs of stigma you guys have dealt with in your communities and with people?